It is impressive to reflect that one hundred years ago, in the midst of a savage fraternal war, the United States Congress established a body devoted to the advancement of scientific research. The recognition then of the value of abstract science ran against the grain of our traditional preoccupation with technology and engineering.
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© 1963 American Institute of Physics.
1963
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